Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in Water and Wastewater
Aaron Bivins, Justin Greaves, Robert J. Fischer, Claude Kwe Yinda, Warish Ahmed, Masaaki Kitajima, Vincent J. Munster, Kyle Bibby
Abstract
values for infectious SARS-CoV-2 were decreased to 15 and 2 min, respectively. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was found to be significantly more persistent than infectious SARS-CoV-2, indicating that the environmental detection of RNA alone does not substantiate risk of infection.
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InfectivityWastewaterFecesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Infectious doseVirologyCoronavirusTiterPersistence (discontinuity)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)BiologySewage treatmentRNAVirusMicrobiologyMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)Environmental scienceInternal medicineEnvironmental engineeringGeneBiochemistryGeotechnical engineeringEngineeringDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchBiosensors and Analytical Detection